Call Me is the sixth album by soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 singer Al Green

Al Green

Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...

. It is widely regarded as Green's masterpiece

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, and has been called one of the best soul albums ever made. In 2003 the TV network VH1

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 named it the 70th greatest album in any genre. Call Me was a Top 10 Billboard Pop Album, and the third #1 Soul Album.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 289 on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

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. Praised for his emotive singing style, Green here incorporates country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 influences, covering both Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

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 and Hank Williams. This album contained three top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot 100

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: "You Ought to Be with Me

You Ought to Be With Me

"You Ought to Be with Me" is the name of a song by Al Green. Released from his album, Call Me, the single spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It was also successful on the pop chart, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late 1972. It sold over one...

," "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" and "Call Me (Come Back Home)

Call Me (Come Back Home)

"Call Me " is the title of a song by Al Green, released in 1972 as a single from his album Call Me. It peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B singles chart...

."

Track listing

1. "Call Me (Come Back Home)
   Call Me (Come Back Home)
   "Call Me " is the title of a song by Al Green, released in 1972 as a single from his album Call Me. It peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the R&B singles chart...
   
   " (Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr., Willie Mitchell) – 3:03
2. "Have You Been Making Out O.K." (Green) – 3:42
3. "Stand Up" (Green) – 3:25
4. "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
   I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
   "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams in 1949. The song about loneliness was largely inspired by his troubled relationship with wife Audrey Sheppard...
   
   " (Hank Williams) – 3:10
5. "Your Love Is Like the Morning Sun" (Green) – 3:09
6. "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" (Green, Teenie Hodges
   Teenie Hodges
   Mabon Lewis "Teenie" Hodges is a Memphis, Tennessee musician, best known for his work as rhythm and lead guitarist and songwriter on many of Al Green's popular soul hits, and those of other artists such as Ann Peebles and Syl Johnson, on Hi Records in the 1970s.Born in Memphis, "Teenie" began...
   
   ) – 4:14
7. "Funny How Time Slips Away
   Funny How Time Slips Away
   "Funny How Time Slips Away" is a song written by Willie Nelson and also performed by Willie Nelson. The song was included as a track on Willie Nelson's 1962, debut album, And Then I Wrote.-Cover versions:...
   
   " (Willie Nelson
   Willie Nelson
   Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
   
   ) – 5:33
8. "You Ought to Be with Me
   You Ought to Be With Me
   "You Ought to Be with Me" is the name of a song by Al Green. Released from his album, Call Me, the single spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It was also successful on the pop chart, peaking at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late 1972. It sold over one...
   
   " (Green, Jackson Jr., Mitchell) – 3:15
9. "Jesus Is Waiting" (Green) – 5:36

Personnel

• Al Green – Vocals, Producer
• Willie Mitchell – Producer, Engineer
• Charles Chalmers – Background Vocals, Horn Arrangements
• Margaret Goldfarb – Assistant Producer
• Howard Grimes
  Howard Grimes
  Howard Lee Grimes is an American drummer, best known as a member of the Hi Rhythm Section on records by Al Green, Ann Peebles and others in the 1970s....
  
  – Drums
• Jack Hale – Trombone
• Charles Hodges
  Charles Hodges
  Charles Hodges is an American organist and songwriter. He is known for his high tone on the Hammond B3 organ, that appeared on records by Al Green, and other musicians signed to Hi Records....
  
  – Organ, Piano
• Leroy Hodges
  Leroy Hodges
  Electric bass player Leroy "Flick" Hodges is a relatively unknown soul musician.Paired with either Booker T. & the MGs's drummer Al Jackson or Stax staff drummer Howard Grimes, Leroy and The Hodges Brothers were the backing musicians for Al Green, Ann Peebles and several other soul, gospel and...
  
  – Bass
• Mabon "Teenie" Hodges – Guitar
• Wayne Jackson – Trumpet
• Kathy Kinslow – Assistant Producer
• Charles Levan – Assistant Producer
• Ed Logan – Tenor Saxophone
• Andrew Love – Tenor Saxophone
• The Memphis Strings – Strings
• James Mitchell – Baritone Saxophone, Horn Arrangements
• Bud O'Shea – Executive Producer
• Eli Okun – Executive Producer
• Cheryl Pawelski – Assistant Producer
• Donna Rhodes – Background Vocals
• Sandra Rhodes – Background Vocals
• Archie Turner – Piano
• Al Jackson, Jr. – Drums
• Robert Gordon – Liner Notes

Billboard Music Charts (North America) – album

• 1973 Pop Albums No. 10
• 1973 Black Albums No. 1

Billboard (North America) – singles

• 1972 "You Ought To Be With Me" Pop Singles No. 3
• 1972 "You Ought To Be With Me" Black Singles No. 1
• 1973 "Call Me (Come Back Home)" Pop Singles No. 10
• 1973 "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)" Pop Singles No. 10
• 1973 "Call Me (Come Back Home)" Black Singles No. 2
• 1973 "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)" Black Singles No. 2

Later samples

• "Here I Am (Come And Take Me)"
  • "Slang Editorial" by Cappadonna
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     from the album The Pillage
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• "You Ought To Be With Me"
  • "260" by Ghostface Killah
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     from the album Ironman
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